The sixth meeting was held to prepare the 8th Congress of the APACs in São João del Rei City. In the presence of representatives of the APACs partners: AVSI, Instituto Minas pela Paz, Sesi, Programa Novos Rumos (TJMG), recuperandos and volunteers from APACs in São João del Rei, the agenda consisted of organizing the various sectors of work and defining the Place of the Congress.

It was defined that the place of the congress will be the federal university of São João del Rei, which has a structure to host the event: equipped classrooms, cafeteria and blocks that can be adapted to accommodate the assembly.

The next meeting was scheduled for December to check what each team is doing and the release of registration forms for candidates to attend the event.

The fifth meeting was held to prepare the 8th APACs Congress in São João del Rei City. In the morning, the FBAC met with volunteers from APAC of São João del Rei, coordinators of the work teams of the congress, in order to clarify the role of each team and take steps to organize them.

In the afternoon the FBAC met with the congress organizing team to decide on important details about the event.

The 8th Congress, with the theme: "We are all recovering people", will take place in July 2017, starting on the 13th until the 16th.